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Saturday, April 14, 2012

Soundscape Project: Sound Absorption and Reflection in Snow

Snow Absorption and Reflection(1:20) This short video documents the effect on the acoustic environment of central city "torgyta" with and without the snow. Traffic intensity was similar on both occasions. Snow absorbs sound like organic soil and peat. A greener city therefore provides a lower background noise and creates conditions for a more appropriate sound environment where all other sounds are able to arrive. Click2Read more (Swedish).

World Forum for Acoustic Ecology

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This is a directory of Internet videos related to the field of Acoustic Ecology. At the left are the most recent additions. The full list is archived below. All videos are listed by category on the WFAE web site, which is updated once a month.

Acoustic Ecology

"Acoustic ecology, sometimes called soundscape ecology, is the relationship, mediated through sound, between living beings and their environment. Acoustic ecology studies started in the late 1960s with R. Murray Schafer and his team at Simon Fraser University (Vancouver, Canada) as part of the World Soundscape Project."

"The first study produced by the WSP was titled The Vancouver Soundscape. The interest in this area grew enormously after this pioneer and innovative study and the area of acoustic ecology raised the interest of researchers and artists all over the world. In 1993 the members of the by now large and active international acoustic ecology community formed the World Forum For Acoustic Ecology." (Source: WIKIPEDIA )